Highlighted Choice
The Substance
Director Coralie Fargeat's bold commentary tackles the oppressive nature of female beauty as well as the dreaded aspects of growing older. Hollywood star Demi Moore offers a masterful acting turn in the role of Elisabeth, a 50-year-old celebrity reduced to hosting an aerobics show on television. Pushed out by her slimy boss her manager Harvey, she seeks out an enigmatic and terrifying treatment titled this experimental method. This generates a younger clone named Sue, leading to a steadily more vampiric relationship between them. This Friday, Paramount+
The Woman in Cabin 10 Film
This suspenseful mystery includes Keira Knightley playing Laura, an ace reporter who opts for a break from reporting on international wars to embark on an opulent ship alongside an ailing wealthy inheritor and donor, her spouse, plus additional filthy rich passengers. But after an enigmatic female falls into the sea one night and everyone claims she was never there, her journalistic curiosity take over. Available now, on Netflix
This Supernatural Story
The acclaimed director challenges his film-making abilities through this innovative paranormal narrative captured wholly through the eyes of the spirit. After a clan with Lucy Liu as Rebekah and troubled teenage daughter Chloe occupies their recent residence, the lens – AKA the Presence – tracks their movements. The daughter appears conscious of the supernatural presence, and it seems protective of her. But why? This is an entertaining concept that avoids overstaying, with a twist that may be unexpected. Saturday 11 October, afternoon and evening times, Sky Cinema
This Self-Referential Film
Cage wholeheartedly adopts his unique fame in this meta comedy caper. He plays an egotistical Hollywood actor playing himself who agrees to a $1m payday to attend a festive event on the Spanish island for the wealthy Javi Gutierrez. Recruited by the CIA to gather intel on the alleged criminal, his unconventional method is put to the test. Saturday 11 October, prime time, on Channel 4
The Black Phone Horror
The director's claustrophobic thriller remains effective even without a sequel. Set in the late 70s in Denver, several disappearances has left the youth frightened. When Finney is kidnapped by the villain and locked up in a dungeon, he anticipates the worst. But the non-functional line on the wall repeatedly calls, with eerie communicators giving advice, and the intuitive nightmares of Gwen, his sister might rescue him. An effective horror. October 11th, late evening, Film4
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
In the conflict between God and Mammon, it's a knockout win for materialism in Showalter's delightfully tacky film adaptation of the disgraced TV preacher and her criminal husband. Andrew Garfield portrays the greedy Jim, who declares at the beginning, “God does not want us to be poor,”. Both individuals set about profiting from the American public's spiritual convictions. It's a riot of bad interior design, overdone appearance and hypocrisy, yet Chastain manages to depict the character as a sympathetic figure. October 14th, late night, on Film4
This Espionage Thriller
This period's additional entry by the same director presents a spy mystery as precise as the polo necks used by Fassbender's UK spy. He is tasked to discover a traitor inside the organization from a group of five – among them is Kathryn, played by Cate Blanchett. The two stars are masters of understated style, resulting in an engaging mental battle of fact versus fiction unfolds. Tom Burke, Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela join in the clever spy entertainment. This Friday, various showings, Sky Cinema
